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Thursday, January 23, 2020Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Wizards124
Cavs112
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +12
Final · Box score
Lakers128
Nets113
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +15
Final · Box score
Mavs133
Blazers125
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +8
On this day · 2018–19Jan 23, 2019: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Knicks), 61 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Blazers

Dallas beats Portland, 133–125

Damian Lillard goes for 47 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+15+13+8DAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs45332530133
Blazers37262735125
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 39, 38, 27, 25, 19, 20, 25, 35, 36, 27DAL27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 23, 22, 19, 13, 18, 11, 10, 20DAL20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 20, 26, 30, 25, 34, 34, 61, 47POR47 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 5, 5, 18, 15, 11, 2, 3, 21POR21 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Wizards-Cavs

Washington leads Cleveland wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 124–112. Best quarter: the second, 39–37. Bradley Beal led Washington with 36 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over POR8WAS over CLE12LAL over BKN15Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over CLE.
Lead changes
Lakers-Nets7
Wizards-Cavs3
Mavs-Blazers2
The night in charts
Mavs-Blazers combined for 258, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-BlazersMavs 133, Blazers 125
258
Lakers-NetsLakers 128, Nets 113
241
Wizards-CavsWizards 124, Cavs 112
236
DAL won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Mavs-BlazersMavs 133, Blazers 125
+8 DAL
Wizards-CavsWizards 124, Cavs 112
+12 WAS
Lakers-NetsLakers 128, Nets 113
+15 LAL
Nance shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
NanceCLE · 22 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST
71% (10-14)
DwightLAL · 14 PTS, 12 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
TrentPOR · 20 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
BealWAS · 36 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB
68% (15-22)
SextonCLE · 29 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
Final · Mavs-Blazers
Mavs 133Blazers 125
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs45332530133
Blazers37262735125
The story
Luka Doncic had 27 points and 9 assists as Dallas beat Portland 133-125

Carmelo Anthony led Portland with 16 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST 27 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB · 11-25 FG, 2-11 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks won the first 45-37, their biggest quarter edge.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +8+15+13+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Cavs
Wizards 124Cavs 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards29393224124
Cavs24372526112
The story
Washington beat Cleveland 124-112 behind 36 points and 8 assists from Bradley Beal

Collin Sexton paced Cleveland: 29 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 36 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB · 15-22 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

A 32-25 third quarter did the most damage for the Wizards.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +5+7+14+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Nets
Lakers 128Nets 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers38372924128
Nets35352419113
The story
LeBron James' a 27-11-10 triple-double carried Los Angeles past Brooklyn, 128-113

For Brooklyn, Spencer Dinwiddie had 13 AST, 7 PTS, 7 REB 27 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST · 11-19 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 29-24, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +3+5+10+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.9Season avg40.2Last 5

40.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.9 in 43 earlier games. Today: 47 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 37 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.4Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 3.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 47

Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 20, 26, 30, 25, 34, 34, 61, 47Blazers-Mavs · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Mitch Richmond SAC, Dec 15, 1995: 47 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
47 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 36, 30, 15, 27, 25, 23, 14, 29, 38, 36Wizards-Cavs · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 19, 25, 16, 25, 28, 26, 17, 29Cavs-Wizards · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 31, 35, 31, 19, 31, 15, 21, 27Lakers-Nets · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Antoine Walker BOS, Nov 22, 2002: 27 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
27 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 39, 38, 27, 25, 19, 20, 25, 35, 36, 27Mavs-Blazers · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Larry Nance Jr.Points, last 10 games: 4, 2, 9, 4, 2, 0, 16, 4, 12, 22Cavs-Wizards · L
8.4 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high22 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Norman PowellTOR+5.9 21.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
Svi MykhailiukDET+5.3 13.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.2 21.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Derrick RoseDET+5.1 23.6 last 10 · 18.5 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.8 33.1 last 10 · 28.3 season
Cold
Andrew WigginsMIN−6.0 16.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
James HardenHOU−5.3 31.3 last 10 · 36.6 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−4.8 12.3 last 10 · 17.1 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN−4.6 16.9 last 10 · 21.5 season
PJ TuckerHOU−4.4 3.3 last 10 · 7.7 season